Experimental traumatic cerebral contusion: Morphological study of brain microvessels and characterization of the oedema

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 140, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 76-81

  Vaz, R ^a   Sarmento, A ^a   Borges, N ^a   Cruz, C ^a   Azevedo, T ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE SÃO JOÃO   (Portugal)

^b Hospital de S João ^*

Author keywords

Blood brain barrier; Brain oedema; Head injury; Morphology

Indexed keywords

EVANS BLUE; PENTOBARBITAL;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CONTUSION; BRAIN EDEMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HEAD INJURY; MICROSCOPY; MICROVASCULATURE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; WATER CONTENT;

ANIMALS; BLOOD VESSELS; BRAIN EDEMA; CEREBROVASCULAR CIRCULATION; COLORING AGENTS; CONTUSIONS; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; EVANS BLUE; MICROCIRCULATION; RATS; RATS, WISTAR;

EID: 0031962124     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007010050061     Document Type: Article

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